The Chinese New Year for 2023 is The Year of the Rabbit
which occurs January 22nd, 2023.
The event to celebrate it is on January 28th, 2023 and we will be having
a Geocaching Lunch Event on this day from Noon - 3pm at:
Asian Buffet
6999 Miller Ln.
Dayton, OH 45414
(937)898-1888
The Rabbit is the fourth of the zodiac animals. Legend has it the Rabbit was proud—arrogant even—of its speed. He was neighbors with Ox and always made fun of how slow Ox was. One day, the Jade Emperor said the zodiac order would be decided by the order in which the animals arrived at his party. Rabbit set off at daybreak. But when he got there, no other animals were in sight. Thinking that he would obviously be first, he went off to the side and napped. However, when he woke up, three other animals had already arrived. One of them was the Ox he had always looked down upon.
The Rabbit birth years are 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 and, of course, 2023.
In Chinese culture, rabbits represent the moon. Some say it is because the shadows of the moon resemble a rabbit. Others say it is because of the rabbit’s pure characteristics.
There is a plan to release some new caches at the event.